Indian sand tiger (Carcharias tricuspidatus)

Scientific name: Carcharias tricuspidatus Day, 1878

Indian sand tiger (Carcharias tricuspidatus)

The Indian sand tiger (Carcharias tricuspidatus) is a marine fish of the family Odontaspididae. Native range: Indian Ocean, India and Pakistan. Possibly in Indonesia, Indochina, Australia, Philippines and northern China.

Species facts

Scientific name
Carcharias tricuspidatus
Family
Odontaspididae (Sand tigers)
Order
Lamniformes (Mackerel sharks)
Class
Elasmobranchii (Sharks and Rays)
Maximum length
370
Common length
280
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indian Ocean: India and Pakistan. Possibly in Indonesia, Indochina, Australia, Philippines and northern China.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Fec assumed to be

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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